We aren't discussing opinions. The system is effectively failing. And STILL there are no games coming out.
Still beating a dead horse... I am enjoying what I have for it and slow releases have always been an issue with new consoles. Instead of only a handful of games, Nintendo did have a wide variety of games out for launch. Not everyone is going to buy every single game and whine about it (save for a few people here that I won't name...)
I remember how awful the PS2 launch was where the Dreamcast had the games and it took nearly a year for the PS2 to start getting a flow of decent games with few games that really showed the advantages and the power of the once high priced console. ICO was and is now a modern classic, the PS2 at the time was such a handful that for a playable frame rate, ICO was released and displayed in 240p as the lighting model and such were too much. Still, I had a blast with it.
This being a Sega based fan site I can expect Nintendo hate from the haters who refuse to look at anything from Nintendo in a positive form. I am however, a fan of all games and systems from the oldies to the new hardware. Even if they do have their problems (two RRoD Xbox 360 systems, my 3DO needs a new cd drive motor), much of my original collection was stolen and I'm building it back up.
I'm a gadget fan and despite the hate for the Vita and the Wii U here, I still see great potential in the right hands.
The problem I can see is right now, the Wii U is matching current systems in visuals at nearly three time the price. Average Joe Gamer obviously will grab a cheap Xbox for $99 and a couple games instead of the $349 for the Deluxe Wii system that is meant to play just games and not DVD's or BD's like the cheap looking excuse of the third revision PS3...
Back to the point, since current SKU's look nearly the same on all three systems, the Wii U is getting the short end of the stick, but on the bright side, great launch titles that current systems are nearly tapped out. Once the new generation of game systems is out, greater potential and games will be seen on all systems with exclusive titles for each. I'd love a next generation Road Rash game, one franchise EA has been sitting on for years now...
Nearly every console launch was a shaky start for any system. Regardless of the amount of money thrown into marketing or early releases when developers just were not ready to release.
Sega set a lot of fires with their third party support by jumping the gun with the Saturn but for its brief life, it turned out to be a great and very collectable game console despite the missteps and extremely bad start.
Nintendo will never give up on the home console market, regardless of the beatings in the past, the mistakes were publicly admitted at a E3 keynote years back. I doubt they are just going to give up like Sega had with the Dreamcast which could have held on longer if the company just controlled its budget.
So regardless of the silly hate, it isn't going to change my opinion on the Wii U which is a great set of well designed hardware. Expensive? Sure it is, but what game console isn't during launch? I'm sure there are a few here that sank money on a launch PS3 console and asking the same damn question for a while... "Where are the games"?
Neo Geo AES owners here or people who sank $700 and change for a 3DO? I know many fanatics that have and did have patience instead of panic over a game system they didn't even own.
